Required permissions - AWS ParallelCluster

Required permissions

You need the following permissions to deploy a custom AMI with Terraform:

  • assume the ParallelCluster API role, which is in charge of interacting with the ParallelCluster API

  • describe the AWS CloudFormation stack of the ParallelCluster API, to verify it exists and retrieve its parameters and outputs

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Action": "sts:AssumeRole",
            "Resource": "arn:PARTITION:iam::ACCOUNT:role/PCAPIUserRole-*",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Sid": "AssumePCAPIUserRole"
        },
        {
            "Action": [
                "cloudformation:DescribeStacks"
            ],
            "Resource": "arn:PARTITION:cloudformation:REGION:ACCOUNT:stack/*",
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Sid": "CloudFormation"
        }
    ]
}